My Changing Body

by Linda Picone

Overview

Filled with practical, insightful facts about the changes girls go through before and after puberty, My Changing Body is the ultimate know-your-body manual for girls. Included here is everything girls need to know about their periods, breasts, and reproductive systems-along with fascinating explanations for all those other mysterious physical and emotional changes that accompany growing up. Includes information on relationships, mood swings, body image, body hair, hygiene, pimples, cramps, and more.

Designed to be used either as a parent-child communication tool or as a book that girls can read on their own, My Changing Body is the best guide to the transitions girls face in the middle grade years and beyond.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781577491873
Publisher:	Fairview Press
Publication date:	06/16/2010
Edition description:	Girl's Edition
Pages:	150
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction: Growing Up vii

Chapter 1 Basic Anatomy: Is This Still Me? 1

Chapter 2 New Emotions and Identity: Becoming Who You Are 11

Chapter 3 The Female Body: Becoming a Woman 21

Chapter 4 What Sex Is All About-and What It Means 39

Chapter 5 Falling in Love: Dating, Love, and So On 49

Chapter 6 Take Care of Your Body-It's the Only One You Have 63

Chapter 7 Birth Control: Having a Baby Can Wait 85

Chapter 8 Pregnancy and Birth: It's a Baby! 93

Dictionary 109